diff --git a/src/topics/create.js b/src/topics/create.js
index 21c5c3436a..e85db78630 100644
--- a/src/topics/create.js
+++ b/src/topics/create.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 var async = require('async');
 var validator = require('validator');
+var S = require('string');
 var db = require('../database');
 var utils = require('../../public/src/utils');
 var plugins = require('../plugins');
@@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 	}
 
 	function check(item, min, max, minError, maxError, callback) {
+		// Trim and remove HTML (latter for composers that send in HTML, like redactor)
+		item = S(item.trim()).stripTags().s;
+
 		if (!item || item.length < parseInt(min, 10)) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:' + minError + ', ' + min + ']]'));
 		} else if (item.length > parseInt(max, 10)) {